On Jan 9, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Ashley Clark wrote:
This should apply to NSNumber and NSDecimalNumber too right? Yet the
NSNumber +numberWith... methods are declared to return (NSNumber *)
and when called on NSDecimalNumber they return NSDecimalNumber
objects which then have to be typecast.
The "need" for a typecast indicates that you are using the API
incorrectly. That the +numberWith...: variants are declared as
returning (NSNumber *) is very likely an explicit indication as to
their purpose and limitations.
That it seemingly works by the use of typecasting is a coincidence of
implementation.
Instead, you should use one of the following methods to create
NSDecimalNumbers:
+ (NSDecimalNumber *)decimalNumberWithMantissa:(unsigned long
long)mantissa exponent:(short)exponent isNegative:(BOOL)flag;
+ (NSDecimalNumber *)decimalNumberWithDecimal:(NSDecimal)dcm;
+ (NSDecimalNumber *)decimalNumberWithString:(NSString *)numberValue;
+ (NSDecimalNumber *)decimalNumberWithString:(NSString *)numberValue
locale:(id)locale;
+ (NSDecimalNumber *)zero;
+ (NSDecimalNumber *)one;
+ (NSDecimalNumber *)minimumDecimalNumber;
+ (NSDecimalNumber *)maximumDecimalNumber;
+ (NSDecimalNumber *)notANumber;
If you don't like the declared behavior of the classes, file a bug -- http://bugreporter.apple.com/
-- with a description of the change desired (and an example, if
possible).
b.bum
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